Container holder



y June 6, 1939. P. l GRWFIN 2,161,347

CONTAINER HOLDER Filed March 2l, 1938 lNvENToR A TTORNEYS Patented `lune 6, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to holders and more particularly to holders for supporting ink bottles and the like.

One of the principal objects of my invention is b to provide a container holder equipped with means whereby the container supported thereby may be adjusted to a tilted position to permit normal use of any remaining contents within the container.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the above described character so constructed as to be manually adjustable to various angles wherebyy the remaining contents oil a bottle or the like carried thereby are disposed within a tilted section of the bottle to increase the depth of the contents to permit the remaining'contents being consumed through normal use thereof.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, easy of adjustment, enicient in use and economical in manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claim 26 and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention,

'30 several of the parts being illustrated in section,

the bottle and correlated parts being illustrated in tilted position in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention. In practicing my invention I employ a base 5 of cylindrical configuration having centrally disposed thereon an upwardly extending bearing member Bon which is pivotedby means of a pivot pin l, a bifurcated end of an adjustable arm 8. The opposite end of said arm is likewise bi- 40 furcated and receives therein one end of a depending section 9 fashioned on the rear end of Va rack I0', said sections being pivotally connected to said arm by a pivot pin II.

The rack IIl is integrally formed with spaced side and end members. The front end member v I2 is fashioned with a forwardly extending section I3 interposingly supporting a pair of resilient ngers I4 engaging the sides or neck of a container I5, for instance an ink bottle. forwardly extending section is rformed with an The (Cl. 1Z0-70) offset end I6 which extends under and embraces the bottom of the bottle and maintains the same in adjusted position between the fingers I4, as clearly illustrated in the drawings.

The side members of the rack are provided on 5 the upper faces thereof with pairs of pen or pencil holding elements I'I whereby to retain pen or pencils thereon when not in use.

The pivot pins 'I and II and corelated parts are so arranged as to frictionally maintain the parts in adjusted position subject to manual manipulation thereof.

In use, the bottle I5 is positioned upon the end of the section I3 and maintained thereon by the iingers I4. As the contents of the bottle are used 15 and the depth thereof decreases, the arm 8 is pivoted upwardly a desired distance to dispose the rack at an angle relative to the horizontal plane of the base and as a result the bottle I5 is maintained in a tilted position and the ink or liquid contained therein is disposed in the lower restricted tilted section, thereby increasing the depth thereof to permit utilization of all of the ink contained therein. v

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a simple and efficient device wherein quantities of ink or other liquid remaining in bottles and heretofore inaccessible for normal use may be readily used in a normal 30 manner.

What I claim is:

A device of the character described, comprising, a base, an arm pivoted to said base and adjustable relative thereto', a rack having an end 35 section fashioned with a pair of parallel coacting l fingers adapted to embrace the side of a container and a support member subjacent said lingers for embracing the bottom of said container to maintain the latter in adjusted posi- 40 tion between said fingers, and a link formed on the opposite end of said rack and pivoting the latter to the outer end of said arm whereby said rack is adjustable relative to said arm and base to dispose the container in tilted position where- 46 by the contents of said container are disposed within a tilted section thereof to increase the depth of said contents to permit normal use thereof.

PATRICK J. GRIFFIN. 50 

